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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... blood flow, Kerley ... a superimposed pulmonay ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
it pus, edema, blood ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
standing erect, the pulmonary ... The pulmonary vascular ... blood flow. ... equalisation of blood ... #Clinical #Radiology
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Consolidation: Pus, Blood ... Honeycombing: Idiopathic Pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology
In this illustration the lower lobe arteries are coloured blue because they contain oxygen-poor blood.
They have
contain oxygen-poor blood ... orientation, while the pulmonary ... level of the main pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology
Polo Mint Sign on Chest CT
 • Partial filling defect in a blood vessel surrounded by
filling defect in a blood ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
Pulmonary sequestration ... receives arterial blood ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CtChest #Pulmonary
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
. - Receives blood ... from the pulmonary ... just below the pulmonary ... Atrium - Receives blood ... #Anatomy #Radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Blood - hemorrhage ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
to infection, blood ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CHF #Alveolar #Pulmonary